Please join us for MassArt's 5th annual Climate & Justice Teach-In
Earth Day! Wednesday, April 22, 2026
This year’s theme: Waste to Wonder focuses on resources across campus and in our practice, use and reuse, and cradle to cradle explorations. Through collaboration and conversation, we can make our way from waste to wonder!
This is a one-day convergence of making, sharing, and learning.
We hope that all departments and disciplines will contribute to the breadth of this conversation, and there are multiple ways to do so:
Calls for content are open! Please let us know if you’re interested in hosting a workshop, setting up an info table, giving a presentation, etc. by filling out this form. It’s easy! We highly encourage student-led events.
Please consider incorporating the Teach-In into your class / curriculum. Bring your students! And invite your friends!
Stay tuned...all your exciting content will be listed soon. Here's a little taste of what's to come:
Workshops and Skillshares
Hands-on activities featuring traditional and alternative materials-based research and discussion around sourcing, techniques, and processes.
[image] Watercolor Waste workshop hosted by Sophie Pinciaro (student, Sculpture) and Jane Marsching (faculty, Studio Foundations).
Info Tables
Everyone / anyone is welcome to set up an info table. Show us your sustainable creations, innovations, alternative techniques and processes.
[image] 3D Arts / Fibers natural material dyes.
Waste Trade
What materials do you have that someone else could use? Think beyond common scrap and what might go to the ReStore.
Consider the byproducts of your process, debris, offcuts, dust, fragments, residue…
Put that material in someone else’s hands, instead of in the dumpster.
Snapshot Presentations
Snapshot presentations give us a glimpse into the variety of sustainability focused practices, artwork, and research happening across campus. Students, Faculty, and Staff are encouraged to participate.
[image] Heily Rivas (student, Fashion) presenting.
Campus Materials Map
Learn all about our newest sustainability resource, the MassArt Materials Map!
Come check it out, talk with creator Luanne Witkowski, and help us add to the map by identifying reusable materials in your area.
The Climate and Justice Teach-In is led by the MassArt Sustainability Initiative and the MassArt Sustainability in the Curriculum committee.
Any questions? Please contact Jane Marsching and/or Marjee Levine.